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Bridging the gap between textbook models of how public policy should work, and how the process actually works in contemporary Washington, Pathways of Power provides a framework that integrates the roles of political interests and policy ideals in the contemporary policy process.

Sci-Fi Shorts is a collection of classic science fiction stories from the golden age of space stories. This group of five unabridged short stories by various authors covers such adventures as crazy scientists stealing souls, time traveling miners, trouble behind enemy lines, gambling for the future of a world, and gateways through space.

When Officer Ben Graystock becomes fed up with drug dealer Avery Spade's ability to avoid arrest, he tries a highly illegal method to bust the criminal. Ben sets fire to Avery's house. The officer assumes fire investigators will see the meth lab evidence and make an arrest. The plan does not work, resulting in Ben tracking down Avery's other drug labs and setting additional arsons. Police officer and volunteer firefighter Stuart Thompson is assigned to investigate these arsons. Thompson also happens to be Graystock's close friend and partner.

After officer Derek Lightborn is killed in the line of duty he finds himself talking to Michael the Archangel. The Archangel offers to restore Derek’s life to deliver a message to the people of Earth. Our violent ways need to end or we'll face a cataclysmic event. Waking up in the hospital Derek tells questions if the meeting was real or not. Friends, family, and co-workers all try to convince him it was not real. But his memory of the event is so clear he is sure it had to be real. Eventually, questions about his sanity arise which threaten his job as a police officer.